That MiG-25 Foxbat sure does look a lot like an F-18. Those crazy Russians...

@akhmat9839

Жыл бұрын

Yeah lol, but the real mig 25 That version developed by Iraqi Air force the engine and the launch system and fuel tank

@JonathanHallOverAllen

Жыл бұрын

I guess the Russians can make a Foxbat look like an F-18. haha, At least he didn't show a crop-duster in place of the MiG. F-14s are F-16s on this video too. It could be worse. Put the Wicked of the West on a Broom when you show the next enemy aircraft.

@ramosel

Жыл бұрын

And those F-16's look a lot like my Turkey... I never witnessed a Lawn Dart taking a stroke on any Carrier I was on???

@JonathanHallOverAllen

Жыл бұрын

@@ramosel You were on carriers? I was too. the Eisenhower and the Roosevelt. I went to the Nimitz on accident. I am gonna have to go back and rewatch it. What timestamp was the Turkey on?

@bcask61

Жыл бұрын

The MiG was a lot bigger than an F-18. Gigantic engines capable of speed above mach 2. It was designed to shoot down US bombers coming over the pole.

The MIG-25 Hornet, gotta love it

@MightyWeiner

Жыл бұрын

At this point I'm convinced they add the wrong photo on purpose just to see if anyone's paying attention lol

@mrgone658

Жыл бұрын

As well as the four star lieutenant colonel.

@rimshot6444

Жыл бұрын

Mig 25 Hornetski

@youngbloodhobby2103

Жыл бұрын

And The F-16 Tomcats too

@kerbalspacegamer4603

Жыл бұрын

@@youngbloodhobby2103 i think that is even worse💀😭😂

Masters of disguise: MiG-25 Foxbat disguised as a F/A-18 Hornet F-16 Fighting Falcon as a F-14 Tomcat F-4 Phantom as a F-15 Eagle That's pretty sneaky 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Biggest reason we dominated was hardly mentioned, the AWACS. I may be biased as I served in the USAF in the mid 80's as a computer programmer (552nd AWAC Division). The ability to see the whole battlefield real time and command/control forces came of age with the E3A AWAC.

@chuckkline2970

Жыл бұрын

I am sure you knew my father then. He was a civvie electronic engineer at Tinker AFB. Same name as mine. Worked for Westinghouse. I was active duty (USAF) at the time with a top secret clearance as well. I visited a few times on leave. The AWACS was and still is the best thing since sliced bread! Also.... before I went active duty.... I was the 16 year old kid that fixed the old 4pie mainframe! Nobody could figure out what was wrong with it and I was an avid tech manual reader. I fixed it in 2 hours and went home because it took 6 to 8 hours to reboot system.

@timothy____1989

Жыл бұрын

@@chuckkline2970 the good old 4π! Never gave us the blue screen of death…still can’t think of it without picturing Homer Simpson saying “mmm…floor piiie…” 😁

@timothy____1989

Жыл бұрын

Also little known because the leaders wanted the press and everyone to think the F-15Cs were the first in country, and they were the first USAF aircraft to land, but the E-3s led them there and were the first USAF in Saudi airspace, staying on orbit until the 15s landed safely. Shout out to the tanker bridge, without whom no one would have made it there in one hop.

@Sahadi420

Жыл бұрын

100% But you also have to remember, we were fighting an army that had NO IDEA about "night vision". LOL They went from sleeping in their tanks, during their conflict with Iran.....to completely staying away from them at night, due to them "just blowing up outta nowhere." It was about as lopsided as you could get.

@davidelliott5843

Жыл бұрын

The Box could protect Ukraine but what happens when Russians start firing missiles from outside?

i was on the USS JFK during this, near the end of my career. i got ice poured on my bones, watching this. i'm 71 now, and don't think it's something that can be forgotten. thanks!

Good footage even if they did not always match that particular part of video. Especially enjoyed seeing the C-141B taking off from what looks like a familiar place. Don’t see too many videos of the Starlifter anymore now that they are gone. Thanks!

@SHONUF78

Жыл бұрын

“A lone Mig 25 Foxbat…” Shows a USN FA/18.

@chrisn.6477

Жыл бұрын

@@SHONUF78Hey now, don’t be such a harsh critic. It’s just as easy as mixing up an apple and a.... pineapple. Wait, what?

@lickmytoaster9550

Жыл бұрын

And the f18 mig25 foxbat😂

@1milesnpr

Жыл бұрын

Aussie SF (ex) here. While I love the look of the C-141 and it brings back memories for me too mate, was that they were so bloody SLOW not to mentioned noisy. Don't get me wrong, 100% better than in a Herc but slow as a slow thing that went to Slow College and graduated with a PhD in slowness. That drone from the donks started to get to you, even with earplugs or Walkman on. Yes, kids. We had Walkmans still back then. Hmmm, maybe it was a Discman come to think of. haha. Have a good one Mikeet69

@mikeet69

Жыл бұрын

@@1milesnpr Thanks for the reply. I was stationed at a C-141 base in California. Per Wikipedia the max speed of a C-141 was 567mph or 912kph. The C-17 that replaced it has a cruise speed of 520mph or 830 kph. While not as fast as many planes I myself do not consider that as slow. Especially for a heavy cargo plane. Admittedly the 141 with 4 TF-33 engines was loud and dirty by today’s standards. The 2 biggest improvements the C-17 offers are more cargo space and the engines with thrust reversing that the 141 never had. This allows for much more capability. Basically the USAF took the things the 141 lacked and built it in to the 17. Also due to limitations in the 141A came both the B model and of course the C-5 which still flies but with upgrades including new engines in the Super Galaxy. Also I don’t thing the US sold any 141s via foreign military sales unlike the 17. All were vast improvements on predecessors including the C-135. Am curious if Australia will end up with any B-21s. I hear they are very interested. Have a good day mate.

I remember those events. My radar screen was very active. A little piece of forgotten history. 👍

KZread warned me about watching this video. 🤣

@gospodinkenobi9903

Жыл бұрын

Same but idk why

@davidkenworthy2403

Жыл бұрын

I'd why, other than YT get they feelings hurt when USA is shown in a + way!

@brendakrieger7000

Жыл бұрын

Really, I didn't get a warning🙀 Good Grief😱

I was in the CAOC for all of this replacing the 8-bit C4I system with a state-of-the-art 32-bit system. We perfected a change in joint air combat doctrine that has been the backbone of joint service integration for the last 30 years. Very proud of the work we did.

6:55: "A lone Mig-25 foxbat..." (video: shows an F/A-18 Hornet) lol

Always nice to see video footage I shot during Desert Shield/Storm show up in documentaries 😎

I love learning on this channel!

Always great stuff!

Thank you for keeping history alive and telling it with no bias.

@mogh2603

Жыл бұрын

History of American aggression and wsr crimes

@jRfromtheS

Жыл бұрын

@@mogh2603 no cap

@tarang926

Жыл бұрын

@@mogh2603 america saved kuwait from evil iraq.

You do so well on so many varied topics, you did really well on this one too. OPERATION DESERT SHIELD was the defense of Saudi Arabia that lasted until Jan 15Th. On the 16th, OPERATION DESERT STORM commenced, the initial plan for the Air War was called OPERATION INSTANT THUNDER; Feb 24th saw the initiation of DESERT SABRE. Not many folks know that the two operations as well as the Naval component and it’s feint of making the Iraqis man beach defenses all came together under the umbrella of DESERT STORM.

@0giwan

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say this. Though, the only place I've seen the ground offensive referred to as DESERT SABRE is in a book called Jayhawk, which is about VII Corps. Certain Victory has no mention of a DESERT SABRE or SABER, and I know the 101st didn't call their component DESERT SABRE (they called it like Rendezvous with Destiny or some such, I'll have to look at my thesis again).

@terrywarner8657

Жыл бұрын

The phase after the ceasefire and covering the withdrawal of Coalition troops was nicknamed DESERT STAMPEDE. In mid-March I drove north from Bahrain and Dhahran to Kuwait City with a Canadian EOD troop. We were Operation MAGNOLIA, and the only Canadians based in Kuwait. The opposite lanes of those magnificent Saudi highways was nose to tail convoy packets of US troops going south.

I would like to hear Canada being mentioned more often in any of your documentaries cuz I know we participate much more often than people think

@robreesor5011

Жыл бұрын

Agreed we had alot of troops over there as well. But we hear very little about what their rolls were in anything.

@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Very much so. What he said. Yep.

@teklarmeeps7338

Жыл бұрын

We do our part, but don't like to advertise our use of violence, preferring dialogue to lead. We are the only nation to tackle Hitler's Atlantic Wall twice. Damn rocks!

@austinrothjr

Жыл бұрын

Maybe in this case it’s because the US made up almost 2000 of the nearly 2800 total coalition aircraft and Canada made up 24. The US also lost 14 aircraft compared to Canada’s 0. Seems like it’s more a case of volume than anything else.

@b.h.6599

Жыл бұрын

canada is behind romania in nato deployed and behind sierra leone in un peacekeepers deployed

Thank you for including f14 tomcat footage in this.

Excellent briefing.....

Really, really excellent content portraying a rather complex, challenging and tumultuous slice of Middle East, Arab to Arab history and where the UN institutional apparatus functioned satisfactorily. 11:45

My first time seeing an F-117 was at an airshow, shortly after the gulf war. I was only 7 years old at the time.

Don’t take away any work the RAF did, you Americans could fly miles above and drop laser guided bombs, we had tornadoes that had to and were trained to fly low level bombing missions. Airforce brothers in arms!

@PapiDoesIt

Жыл бұрын

The Tornado is no joke! Formidable weapons in the hands of a good pilot.

@d.cypher2920

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! 😎🇺🇸 Thanks for the help!

@sgt_s4und3r54

Жыл бұрын

Mad respect from this Yank for sure

@kriztlumburt714

Жыл бұрын

We have tons of pilots in America qualified for low-level ground attack or bombing runs. A-10s, F-111s, & B-1s (plus Army aviation assets: AH-64). Quit ingratiating yourself and remember Dunkirk. I was in Iraq during OIF. The British only flew in coastal areas near Basra… meaning if I wanted air support for me and my infantry brothers.. we didn’t ask TOC to send us Brits, in RAF Tornadoes

@kriztlumburt714

Жыл бұрын

Cheers… the Panavia Tornado is a beast tho 👍🏻

Excellent video.

I am pretty sure EA-6Bs played a role too. I had friends on the JFK that were in the Persian Gulf right before I joined the Navy. The Prowler was the best bird at electronic warfare. Now the E-18 Growler is. The Growler carries AA missiles as well as jamming pods and HAARMs. I pity the fool that needs to be jammed now. jimmy jam jam.

@TheWhoamaters

Жыл бұрын

I think they may have been mislabelled as A6 Intruders

@benkr

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWhoamaters f4g wild weasel also werent covering any borders. wild weasel are SEAD configs that are literally made to kill AA radear.

@keithcarpenter5254

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWhoamaters was a6e the intruder? He does show some a6s in formation with some tankers, or transport birds, early on in the video.

@TheWhoamaters

Жыл бұрын

@@keithcarpenter5254 I do believe so, the EA-6B was a modified electronic warfare variant

Not one mention of the RAF Jaguars

@d.cypher2920

Жыл бұрын

Or PanAvia Tornado, GR-1 thru GR-4 aircraft, which much like the F111 aardvark, were still quite formidable during the first Gulf War. 😎🇺🇸

@Raist474

Жыл бұрын

Lots of airplanes get ignored or have their achievements claimed by others.

@sgt_s4und3r54

Жыл бұрын

@D. Cypher he did mention Tornadoes. He specifically said British Tornadoes.

Good footage as I was on my FT course when the Gulf War occurred. The image you show of the Tornado is a GR4 which didn't come into existence until later in the 90s. Gulf war one used the venerable GR1 ;)

Best military operations ever been without massive civil casualties

so devious

Got a warning to watch your video, maybe start a Rumble account too?

The problem being that the resolution excluded, helicopters which massacred thousands of civilians, and the air assets were forbidden to intervene, they could only watch.

@danielescobar7618

Жыл бұрын

...the resolution excluded they could only watch. Your comma'd interjection is nonsense I don't understand what you're trying to say. They left the Iraqi helicopters intact?

And all those 'WMD's they found...

@dextermorgan1

Жыл бұрын

Yet people still believe the Government. 🤷

@KimmyR3

Жыл бұрын

it's more Wells of Mass Dollars

@perryantonucci5071

Жыл бұрын

thousands of dead , gassed kurds killed by saddam well documented his use of wmd .

@gpaull2

Жыл бұрын

@@dextermorgan1 - I don’t believe you or the government.

@dextermorgan1

Жыл бұрын

@@gpaull2 Lol That's ok because I didn't say anything for you to believe. You didn't think that one through, did you? 😂

@Darkskies The use of the wrong clips (at the wrong time) is particularly bad here. I also don't think there's a single clip of Mig-25 here while it's mentioned a good number of times.

This video got a warning, wtf?

@sim.frischh9781

Жыл бұрын

Probably some Iraquis complained.

@my11badkids78

Жыл бұрын

@Sim. Frischh if it wasn't them it was probably some disgruntled Iraqis. 😂

@Katrina_Korolev

Жыл бұрын

@@my11badkids78 Wouldn't that pretty much be the same people? Lol

@my11badkids78

Жыл бұрын

@@Katrina_Korolev I thought they might have been half French or something 🤣🤣

Age restricted? Why KZread?

@sgt_s4und3r54

Жыл бұрын

Because censortube

Way-T-Go NORDO!! Arrrrggg!!!

Why did I get a warning about viewing this video???

@katyusha9319

Жыл бұрын

Because it mentioned the strafing of minorities in Kuwait 🇰🇼

@sgt_s4und3r54

Жыл бұрын

@@katyusha9319 Bullshit reason.

@katyusha9319

Жыл бұрын

@sgt_s4und3r54 ok, it doesn't affect you. I'm sure the creators are angry, too. Get over yourself Nobody here was wanting to know if you thought it was bullshit If you have a problem with it, bring it up to KZread themselves to see if they care because I can assure you they don't.

6:56 those peeky Mig 25s dressing up as FA18s!

6:42 US airspace over a sovereign nation then later on requiring them to recognise the sovereignty of another. What a joke.

Why is KZread giving message that this video is abusive?

@wombatwilly1002

Жыл бұрын

Because it's 2023 and society is now full of WOKES,CANCELS,and MILLENNIAL FEMALES who seem to be making the decisions!

I thought it was desert sword but i checked and your right it was saber. Does anyone else remember it as desert sword. Desert saber is new to me and i watched it live on tv and was convinced that it was called desert sword.

@whereswaldo5740

Жыл бұрын

To quote Don Henley it was probably some “bubble headed bleach blonde” that saw saber didn’t know what that was asked somebody and they had to dumb it down for her and explain it was a sword - ad lib. Dirty Laundry.

How did this video get Age-restricted??? EDIT: Congrats on getting that removed.

@justanothergermantankie9142

Жыл бұрын

Is it?

This has a next level title. Clickbait but not. 10/10

You do this more often, start with a war situation and then jump into the video itself, never to ge back to the war situation. That's frustration.

Hell of a way to have someone else guard your airspace for you. 🤨

I was on my first tour in Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai Egypt when this happened.

It was an exciting time to be in the military. We'd been sitting on our butts since the 70's. It was hard to pry troops away from their normal duties to train for war in the 80's. That changed PDQ after this.

Solid Snake? Oh wrong kind of 📦

This is a wonderful channel, but, FWIW, I wish your editing process showed the particular aircraft to which you are referring, not random pix of combat aircraft. Example: showing an F-15 while talking about the MiG-25.

"A lone MiG-25 Foxbat" then proceeds to show an F/A-18 Hornet, jeez, what's the poor Hornet done to you, mate? 😆

f4g wild weasel did certainly not cover the borders. the wild weasel configuration is specifically a SEAD version. they are litterally the guys taking out AA radar.

I was in Desert Storm and one of my friends was a Ranger *ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ* on 02 AUG 1990...the day Iraq invaded Kuwait. He was in a firefight that day inside Iraq and his Ranger buddy was killed. So, America had our units inside Iraq *BEFORE* Saddam invaded.

"A Lone Foxbat" flashes a picture of a Hornet.... How lazy.

There are plenty royalties free Mig 25 Foxbat pictures available. Why do you show a random F/A-18 instead at 6:56 then?

If Kuwait hadn’t any oil the USA hadn’t reacted anyhow.

That's such a clickbait title. It makes me reconsider if it's really a good idea to be suscribed to that channel.

@mikusoxlongius

Жыл бұрын

I keep getting recommendations and I'm not subbed!

Wild Weasels😂 No disrespect, I just have to chuckle because Weasel is my nickname😂😹

Provocation: 'To outrun the persecutors'? Wrong use of word! Pursuers would have fitted!

Who the hell flagged this? Trolls.

@6:55 that's not a Mig 25, that's an F/A 18

The way you said it was the "Americans who invaded Kuwait" very interesting

Can you imagine Russia's stealth capabilities being able to transform into an F18?? Sheesh they are good! Editor needs to really catch these things.

6:54 NOT a MIG25.

Why do you show a picture of an F-18 when your talking about a Mig-25?

We totally left the Kurds out to dry in that war. Just disgusting for bush senior to tell them to raise up then let saddam use his helicopter ms to go kill them all.🤦‍♂️ One of the worst betrayals we have ever done to a race of people trying to survive.

@jimm244

Жыл бұрын

I’m a Bush fan….and I agree with you. The inaction saddened and angered me. I’m not sure that Bush is solely responsible for taking the rap on that though. Even though he’s Commander in Chief, my foggy memory of the time tells me he may not have had the political support to do what I would’ve preferred.

@Joe-kx7bl

Жыл бұрын

@@jimm244 that’s true I should say the bush administration. I’m a fan too. Disabled veteran republican conservative here.

@timothy____1989

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you brought this up, hope we don’t forget. As a veteran of DShield/Storm and OIF, we were taking bets on what day we would be landing in Baghdad, then Bush senior said stop, pack up and go home. We felt like the dog hitting the end of his leash in the foghorn leghorn cartoon. We had them on the run, ready to march downtown and watch the unconditional surrender being signed just like in WWII…but no. Years and hundreds if not thousands of lives later I was disgusted to be back in the air for OIF finishing what we should have done in 91 😡. Terrible what we allowed to happen to the Kurds, and I voted for Bush also. Politics is a sad excuse.

@akman45304

Жыл бұрын

@@timothy____1989 I believe whole heartedly that was later used against us by bin laden to radicalize certain groups against us.

@scottwolf8633

Жыл бұрын

The Kurds had already been done in. You're thinking of the 250,000 Marsh Arabs so damn insane went after and slaughtered.

The plane in the thumbnail is my favorite plane, the Su-17/20/22

Why was this age-gated?

@sgt_s4und3r54

Жыл бұрын

IKR

Desert Saber?

7:25 the 33rd fighter squadron used F-15’s

Nations often forget about the weasels.

That F-16 is known, and named, "Mig Killer". I saw it, and got photos of it, at the Santa Maria Airfest 2022. First F16 to get a kill, and first AIM125 kill.

Have they found the WMD's yet?

Interesting content but the title is misleading. It was not the airforce that was destroyed but the Iraqi’s ability to defend their skies.

Why did u tube flag your video as offensive. My opinion: At the beginning you said someone is fixing to "DIE" ,? Just a guess.

He's buying Tubes!!!

@mikusoxlongius

Жыл бұрын

CIA napkin...

Ah yes, the resume that showed the world we had smart bombs.

"outrun the 'persecutors'"?

Why are they flagging this video?

A lot of the video footage does not show correct aircraft at the correct part or at all or of the correct time period.

@gpaull2

Жыл бұрын

That is addressed in the description of every video.

You kinda opposed there at the end you said 1997 and only half paying attention I was like "What?" It's fine . Like in the last minute. Peace. Or maby I heard it wrong

LOL, F/A-18C is not a Foxbat. It's one of mine. VFA-81 Sunliners, USS Saratoga.

History is written by the victor..

US be like : dont take kuwaits oil! its ours...

Sorry....??? 7:07 in.. A MiG-25 Foxbat?? That was an F-18? Well I know it was, I'm now sure of the model though.. Please, let me know thank you all and thank for the vid Still awesome!

One Mog-25 Is an entire Air Force?

F-18 foxbat?

Not sure who edits your videos, but there are too many misidentified aircraft (at least one per vid at this rate). Most glaring in this video is a mention of a Mig-25 Foxbat while the screen shows an F-18 Hornet?!? Love your content but the errors are so glaring and distracting.

Love your videos but you clearly need someone to explain which plane is witch to you

Bro I love your work, but you showed an AGM-88 when you were talking about an AIM-120 AMRAAM. Those munitions could not be any different. This kind of thing is a common flaw with your channels. For the love of God, I will consult with you for free to clean this stuff up.

That’s a F-18 hornet , 🤢

6:55 that ain't no mig-25

Sad am Hussein was not longing for Kuwaiti oil, Iraq is already oil rich. Animosity between him and the then Kuwaiti Sheikh has reached an explosive point.

Why the hell was this video age restricted?

6:57 the picture shown is not mig 15 its an f 18

Its not talked about much. But i think he wanted deep water sea ports to offload and sell Iraqi oil etc. Kuwait oil/gold also of course.

"We went to war for oil!" Okay... so why isn't Kuwait a US territory?

Oil?

"I lone mig 25" Shows picture of f18....

Right on my 5th birthday

Eagles are F18s

Your sumary statement of why Iraq went after Kuwait is incorrect.

FYI - KZread has flagged this video, not allowing it to be viewed unless the viewer clicks on 'Proceed Anyway'. Looks like someone is gunning for you 🤥